Muslims are brainwashed from the time they can walk, so it is not totally strange that they believe in a sky fairy like Allah.

If they had been told that the Flying Spaghetti Monster was their god and that he would be mad and kill them if they would not pray to him 10 times a day, they all had now been pious and happy Pastafarians.

But it is indeed a shame that there are 1.6 billion or about 23.4% of the world population who believe in Allah...Scary...

Yeah, it's all to do with brainwashing right from the time they're born.

I've given an example several times that if they'd been born into a tribe in (say) the mountains of New Guinea (let's call them the Ooga-Booga tribe), then they would swear black-and-blue that the "Ooga-Booga" religion was the "one true religion". - enceladus

I just had an SMS from this Allah.. I think Gabriel has retired, he told Allah he is sick of being the middle man, and if he wants to talk to people to get on with it himself.

Well, apparently Allah has too been busy "torturing who he wills" to pay much attention to you or anyone else. He says you better do your fasting correctly, and let him inspect your bum 5 times a day, he likes that sort of thing... a bit kinky if you ask me, but hey, that's just the way he is our fun guy Allah.

Also, if you don't do what he asks, he will torture you for all eternity, but he may do that anyway, just for a laugh...

Sadly I cannot forward the message as I don't have your phone number... Also, of course, I charge 20 percent of ALL you income for messages from Allah, to be paid in advance.

There also has been a stern letter to Allah from Her Majesty's Inland Revenue services, demanding a back pay of taxes for some 1400 years, and Allah's bid to get charitable tax exempt status has been refused, on the grounds that places of torture and brothels do not qualify. May because of that he keeps a low public profile....

manfred wrote:I know SAM, it is because the Islamic version of Jesus is utterly insane, you need to prop up your beliefs by making up tales about Christianity. Quite sad really....

Anything to take the heat off Mohammed, some of whose documented deeds were quite abominable.

‘Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs and literary traditions. They neither intermarry nor eat together, and indeed they belong to two different civilisations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions.’ Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Yes it is. However, it also illustrates something important about Islam.... Even those who leave Islam cannot do that completely.

Some join another religion, mostly Christianity, but many, possibly most, will see themselves as atheists, and a particular variety of atheist for whom all religions are the same, all are a big fraud they are very angry about. All are exactly like Islam. They simply refuse to see any differences, and when they are pointed out they accuse you of lying.

Have a look at this thread, specially at the contributions by iffo. He is an ex-Muslim.

You find he very much still thinks and argues like a Muslim, and he assumes that to Christians the bible is to Christians exactly was the Qur'an is to Muslims. You find a surprising amount of hate in him against God, which to me is very strange as he also claims to be an atheist now. I mean if you don;t believe in the tooth fairy, why would you be mad at her?

Incredibly, he suggests that in reality Christians and Jews all believe in a cruel, petty and vindictive God who likes to torture and kill people (much the Allah of the Qur'an), and they merely lie to "outsiders" to hide that.

Islam does not simply go away when people renounce it. I lingers in very odd ways.